Photo: New Belmont record holders in the freshman 4×400: Sam Thompson, Damien Autissier, Luke Moore-Frederick and Ricky Ye. In only their second competition as members of Belmont High School Boys Swim Team, a quartet of freshmen has already left its mark on the program. Sam Thompson, Damien Autissier, Luke Moore-Frederick and Ricky Ye set a […]

Photo: Belmont High School Ten consecutive times the state agency created to assist Massachusetts communities in financing new school projects rejected the Belmont School District’s request to renovate the increasingly threadbare high school building on Concord Avenue. That dubious streak may finally come to an end in 2016 as the Massachusetts School Building Authority selected the nearly […]

Photo: Senior Samari Winklaar at the free-throw line vs. Wilmington. Belmont High Girls Basketball senior forward Samari Winklaar is not just a double threat; a defensive stalwart and one of the toughest forwards on the court. She is a triple talent: this young lady can sing! Those in the stands during the opening announcements heard […]

Photo: Cole Bartels (center) heading up court on the break against Wilmington. If senior co-captain Cole Bartels hadn’t committed to pitch for Division 1 Penn State, said Belmont High School Head Coach Adam Pritchard, “there would be a few colleges looking at him.” Pritchard’s praise for the 6’2″ shooting guard came after Bartels scored 16 […]

Photo: Laurie Graham at the Friends of Belmont Education Spelling Bee in Nov. 2015. Long-time Belmont School Committee member Laurie Graham has resigned after serving nearly eight years on the board, three of those as chair leading the committee during some of the most financially challenging times in recent history. Graham’s resignation, announced at last […]

Photo: Underwood Pool, Belmont. Preparing for the first full season of the still “new” Underwood Pool in the summer of 2016, members of the Recreation Commission told the Board of Selectmen Monday night, Dec. 15, that visitor season and daily passes will see significant increases as the town prepares for a deluge of swimmers beginning […]

Photo: Belmont High Madrigal Singers. On the government side of “This Week” It’s a holiday edition of the Belmont Board of Selectmen on Monday, Dec. 21, at 7 p.m. at Town Hall. After a few administrative duties, the board will hear a two-hour presentation of Pension Obligation Bonds and an actuarial report on the town’s […]

Photo: 6 Highland Rd. sold for nearly a quarter of million dollars profit in 2014, not so in 2015. A weekly recap of residential properties sold in the past seven-plus days in the “Town of Homes”: • 6 Highland Rd., Classic Colonial (1941). Sold: $1,300,000. Listed at $1,250,000. Living area: 2,237 sq.-ft. 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. On the market: […]

Photo: Poster for Friday’s PAC Coffeehouse. Belmont High School Performing Arts Company performers will be in the spotlight Friday, Dec. 17 putting on a coffeehouse fundraiser FOR the spotlights: all of the night’s proceeds will support the purchase of new lighting equipment for the main theater space in the auditorium and the Little Theater. There will […]

Photo: An entire empire of characters of the Star War films at the Belmont Public Library. They came to the Belmont Public Library on Sunday, Dec. 12 with their lightsabers, Jedi robes, and Princess Leia hairdo; miniature versions of the characters from Star Wars that they and many of their parents know, getting ready to […]